The year was 1869. It was a good year for Sweden them days. They had no sno… Read Full Bio ↴The year was 1869. It was a good year for Sweden them days. They had no snow, they had no summer, in fact – they had nothing. All they had was a big bowl of onion soup. Many people in Sweden were confused. They did not understand this season. Where was the sun? They chanted. Where was the rain? And yet, all they had was this bowl of onion soup. Three years later, after many years of darkness and this onion soup, a wise man appeared. All the people of Sweden would point and say: Who is this wise man? One man did come forth. His name was Beergongergergle… And he said: Do not fear, people of Sweden, for there is a reason behind your bowl of onion soup. It is called onions! Everyone did agree that he was a very wise man.
Now, dear reader, you might wonder what this has to do with the Swedish Polarbears. The saga continues…
One brave lad came forth and said: What do you mean wise man? This doesn’t make any sense! And the wise man replied: Come forth young man, what is your name? And he said: My name is Swedish Polarbears.
And that’s it. That is how it all began.
Some say the band started a little less than a year ago, with the boys from the great swedish girl/boy jangly indiepopband moa:: (www.moa.nu) bringing a friend with crescent rolls, beer and a guitar to their all male and very manly rehersals.
From www.swedishpolarbears.com
Now, dear reader, you might wonder what this has to do with the Swedish Polarbears. The saga continues…
One brave lad came forth and said: What do you mean wise man? This doesn’t make any sense! And the wise man replied: Come forth young man, what is your name? And he said: My name is Swedish Polarbears.
And that’s it. That is how it all began.
Some say the band started a little less than a year ago, with the boys from the great swedish girl/boy jangly indiepopband moa:: (www.moa.nu) bringing a friend with crescent rolls, beer and a guitar to their all male and very manly rehersals.
From www.swedishpolarbears.com
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Jharug87
Interesting, I'm from Gotland and I'm going to go through this little list here.
1. I am indifferent towards ABBA, they where before my time and frankly I find the music to be a bit dated and bland but I don't mind listening to them a little bit here and there.
2. I have been to a IKEA store once my entire 34 year long life (good work posting this video on my birthday btw) we simply don't have a IKEA store on Gotland and I'm not on the mainland often.
3. I do love the cold, I dress up and go for a LOT more walks in the winter then in the summer. I think the 3 main reasons for this is the fact that the sun have an easy time burning me to a lobster and also that I hate sweating in the heat of the summer. For me there is something about the nice feeling of cold fresh air in my lungs that I just love almost the only thing that really wakes me up and making me what to do stuff. OH and bonus fact, I hate it when my apartment is warmer then 18c I grew up with winter mornings being 9-14c in my bedroom waking up and I did not even reflect over that.
4. So the Swedish chef is actually my second favorite Muppet after my spirit animal the cookie monster :D I love to joke around with his joke Swedish at times just being silly. I kind of like that stereotype as an outlet for some goofiness.
5. I am sad to say I am piss poor for Swedish standards... had it not been for family I would really struggle to have food all month but hey I got a apartment with a kitchen, a shower and a warm bed at night just for existing. Thank you Swedish social security system. Living on Gotland I don't see any single point to having a summerhouse unless you are one of the very few that live in the old town part of Visby and want some variation in the scenery.
Bonus facts, I despite living on a island hate seafood of any kind so Surströmming is out of the question and yes I do have a volvo :D Being 2 meters tall sort of limits what car I can fit into
Jon Engqvist
I'm from Sweden here so I'm gonna shary my views. :)
1. I accept ABBA as good vibing music and can listen to them but prefer other music.. not just because I'm born in 1985 and had parents listening to rock.. Queen however is a band I have many records of but also the german band Rammstein and alot of EDM music.
2. Can't argue with that one.. "A true Swede have shorts and t-shirts even when it's snowing!" :P I prefer the cold before the heat but jokes aside.. if you ever come to Sweden during July you will see more Swedes at the park, benches or outdoor seatings than ants on a logg in the forest. Swedes generally are suckers for the sun due to the fact that we are a nordic country with less sunny days than most and therefor we bask in the sun... me however can't stand the heat as much so I prefer autum or the winter and have both fans and aircondition going at the summer. :)
3. The Swedish chef kinda sounds like he's got a development problem and yeah.. doesn't sound as much like Swedish.
4. We have kinda high wages but then again the taxes are high as F so we pay around 60+ % of our salary before it even gets paid out to our account -then you have extra taxes.
5. Surströmming is kinda like moldy cheese and something that needs to be noted is that it's irritating to see reactors taste the strömming just plain. You need to eat it with the right condiments (example: Potatoes, union, chives, sour cream and hardbread). You wouldn't eat a block of rockfort cheese so why would you try to eat surströmming like that?
I can add a #6 as well: The candy Swedish Fish comes from Sweden. -Nope.. we have candy that looks like fishes but the brand Swedish Fish is not our doing.
Just like our snack kalled "Finska Pinnar" (kinda like a stick bread that reminds of bagels but are hard) or the licorice candy "Turkisk Peppar" (though I believe it comes from Finland) is not a Turkish candy.. it's just named in that way. :P
Elisabeth Charlotte
Hahaha!!! Your video really. made laugh and made me also smile! A big smile! Let me see: I actually love Surströmming because my parents are from the North of Sweden. My husband hates it. He was born and raised in Stockholm. IKEA is very popular, that's for sure. I have mixed feelings about IKEA.
My best friends in Florida - when they heard me speak Swedish - finally understood that it sounds nothing like the Swedish Chef. LOL! But I like the Swedish Chef, he's funny!
Yes, we have a countryside home (I don't remember the word you used, sorry) and an apartment in the city. We're not wealthy, just economic. It may sound strange having to places, but that's how it is.
I grew up with Abba, but it was kind of shameful to admit that you liked their music. I do like them, but I was a dedicated Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and Kim Wilde fan. Nowadays, Muse is my one and favourite band.
I think the winter is beautiful, but I hate shovel show. And I hate being cold. But warm clothes helps. You just have to learn how to dress for the weather. Mind you, even I make mistakes and coming home with freezing feet.
Stereotypes though, are pretty funny. I have that kind of sense of humour that I don't get offended. I find it amusing.
When I studied in Sydney a long time ago a friend from Hong Kong asked me if Polar Bears walked on the streets in the city. I laughed a lot and he kind of looked a bit embarrassed, poor guy. But I explained: No, they don't. And I've only seen Polar Bears on the zoo.
Thanks for an amusing and interesting video! Greeting from a Swede :)
ei96byod
@Just a Brit Abroad I know. I really don't get the hate. He's funny! 😄
Also, there I've heard a backstory about an actual Swedish chef from Dalarna in Sweden that was visiting the USA and happened to be called in as a temporary replacement for a friend that had a cooking segment on a TV-show who was sick and couldn't record the episode.
He was nervous and when something went wrong he started speaking "dalmål".
The story says that Jim Henson happened to see that episode and thought it was funny when he started speaking this, to him, gibberish, and took that as the basis for the Swedish Chef.
I know people say that's a made up story, but I totally get the connection between "dalmål" and the Swedish Chef! 😆
To me, the Swedish Chef is a true Swede 🙂
Robert Lindhé
Well, here's your typical non-typical Swede again.
1: Yes, I do love ABBA. In fact, I loved ABBA when most Swedes hated them. In the more leftist (if I'm going to be moderate) 1970's, ABBA were considered to be a crap-load of capitalist manure. It even went so far, that we didn't attend the Melodie Grand Prix (or Eurovision song contest) 1976. The official version was that "Sweden did not enter in the contest, as broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR) did not have enough money to host another contest if Sweden won again", which of course was a crapload of crap. It was all political. I loved ABBA when most other Swede didn't, and I loved "Melodifestivalen" when it was most hated, both in the 1970's and the 1980's. Something happened in the early 1990's and both ABBA and "Mello" were more and more accepted in the swedish society. And "that ABBA sound" isn't one sound. It's several genres, spanning from rock to pop. But I love other swedish music as well, so ABBA isn't the only thing. But, from my perspective, we have ABBA to thank that the swedish music industry is that big. And we have a lot of swedish producers and composers for the most famous artists in the world.
2: I HATE IKEA. Most of the stuff (a few exceptions) are a ton of crap. The most annoying thing is when a landlord "luxury renovates" a fully functional 1940's or 50's kitchen, and replace it with a IKEA one. A thing that has worked for between half a century or a century, will be replaced with things that will begin to fall apart within two years. I stay away as much as I can. There are exceptions that has sturdy quality, for instance the IVAR shelf system. But the rule for IKEA shoud always be "I can't afford to buy cheap things".
3: I thing the Swedish chef is all about Swedish being a tonal language, that non-tonal language speakers having trouble to comprehend. Therefore this interpretation were made, making the best out of it. If one notice, the Swedish chef mostly speaks with at melody in the background, and sometimes in rhythm with the music.
4: Yes, I hate the winter, but the autumn is the worst, everything is getting darker, and mostly it's wet and rainy, so depressing. Rather snow than rain.
5: Never tried surströmming, and probably I never will - since I'm a vegetarian since a couple of years, for health reasons. :)
Just a Brit Abroad
I was today years old when I found out the internet is prepared to subject me to extreme discomfort, all in the name of pure entertainment 😱😳😱
Only kidding😆 yep, that's right - you guys came through and smashed the 200 likes threshold I set, honestly, I wasn't prepared for it to happen quite so quickly😳but a deal is a deal, so the challenge is well and truly on💪🏼this one's going to require a little bit of preparation, so give me a few weeks and I'll get something put together for your enjoyment😉and in the meantime, if you're reading this and you have no idea what we're talking about, make sure you hang about to the end of this video👆🏻
gellawella
Please, do it as easy for you as possible. Best way to ease in to it is eat it outside (as already said). When opening the can, do it in a bucket of water or in a plastic bag to eliminate risk of a squirt. Best way to eat it as a beginner is on hårt tunnbröd (NOT knäckebröd) or soft, which ever you prefer. Butter it and then you put boiled potato and onion, optional is creme fraiche, tomato and/or cheese. Inbetween all that you put little bits of surströmming. When I started, one strömming lasted to 3-4 smörgåsar. 🙂
The best way to bone these little suckers are to put it on the belly, make sure the sides of the belly is pointing out not folded underneath. With your fork you press down over the spine, thoroughly and hard, actually mushing it, all the way down to the end. Flip it over and stick the fork under the spine and pull up while holding the flesh/body down with the knife. If it’s stuck, isn’t lifted away easily, turn it back on its belly and press some more, try again. Now you hopefully have a bone free (heh well, spine free) fish ready to spread over your smörgås. I prefer beer, some insists on milk (ew), others have water or their soft drink of choice.
I hope you’ll enjoy! 😀
Mats JPB
Oh you poor poor man =(
I enjoy tasting all sorts of strange food, and surströmming is the one thing I've tasted that I will never, ever, ever eat again.
Denny Sigfalk
@Just a Brit Abroad smells very bad, but tastes ok
KataM
@Just a Brit Abroad That's a very good decision. I've seen some videos of non-Swedes eating surströmming without having a clue what they were doing. It didn't end well.
Also: respect to you for going along with it. I'm a 57 yo Swede and I've never dared to try. I'm living in the south though, which might explain it.
Just a Brit Abroad
@Theze thanks Theze!! I need it hahaha video proof to follow
Olivia Sthlm
If you try surströmming. Do it the proper way, with thinbread and the right condiments. Not the "try not to vomit Youtube challenge" thing.
Dan Hunters
@Just a Brit Abroad The most important ingredients is family, friends, and vodka. A surströmmingsskiva i basically like a holiday party you can have any time you like during the summer or early autumn.
Linda Tisue
Surströmming is the only food that I have could not keep down. And I have eaten bondaegi (silkworm chrysalis) and balut ( incubated duck eggs) Put me off all herring for two years. Still don't look forward to every holiday meal that all feature herring as a main course.
chasparos62
And don’t rush! Ten, fifteen minutes in the smell fades to the background, then you will have a better experience. I’m not a surströmming fan, but I can still enjoy it once every decade or so. Be sure to balance it with onion. :-)